Boston Blotter: Droopy Drawers Edition

--Just as another person was shot and killed on Blue Hill Avenue yesterday, Governor Deval Patrick weighed in on the city's violence.

Some of his comments were memorable, such as "But every once in a while, when [an] adult says, 'You know what? You're not supposed to come to work with your pants down there,' ... even when that kid rolls their eyes, they hear you. It gets through."

While it's easy to indulge our fantasies of telling wayward youths to stop showing us their boxers, Patrick's basic message was spot-on: all adults have a responsibility to let kids know the difference between wrong and right. And if a parent is out to lunch, then other adults should step up and discipline kids when they're out of control. Saying "It's not my problem" over and over again is why we're in this mess now.

Around the time the man was killed on Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester residents were marching to protest the violence. There are clearly two camps in Dorchester – those who want a peaceful neighborhood, and those who couldn’t give a rat's ass. Now, how can people get through to those who couldn't give a rat's ass?

--Speaking of the need to discipline young people, perhaps a 19-year-old who led police on a car chase should have been told to lay off Grand Theft Auto. Rico Perry shot at a trooper who was trying to pull him over. He led the law through several towns and tried to run off after the police popped his tires. He then stole a Lincoln and kept going until he hit police cruisers in Hull. Can you say World's Wildest Police Chases?

--In Tyngsborough, two men cut through a live wire that had "13,000 volts going through it." And Massachusetts discovered that 13,000 volts are enough to kill two people. The police still haven't figured out what the guys were doing cutting through that wire, which was at a vacant factory.

All charges alleged until proven under law. Image of baggy trousers from the BBC.